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0 pointsmeowtastic3y ago0 comments

2nd session over, looks like this is turning into a majestic fail as no new people joined the server T__T.

HN seems to still be pushing the post to viewers since I have some comments on the post (thanks sanity3141 and cloudking!) and upvotes (thanks random strangers!). But I think the lack of a website is the major turnoff. I initially thought that the allure of the title would be enough; clearly I was wrong :D

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meowtasticOP3y ago· 4 in thread

Another round, another fail. Had one person joining the server and :gasp: waving at me, but they disconnected afterwards :sad_trombone:

While a very small sample size, even those who did end up joining weren't interested in having a chat. So it might be the case that this isn't as needed as much as I thought it would be.

On the flip side, I'm glad I didn't put that much effort into it. I had some friends who suggested a much more sophisticated bot.

meowtasticOP3y ago

Nothing new in my latest update, crickets can be clearly heard on the server. I'll keep the server alive until tomorrow, won't delete the tables anymore.

meowtasticOP3y ago

Had a chat with someone, hurray!

quickthrower23y ago

It could be shyness. I would be nervous using this. What do you say?

meowtasticOP3y ago

Hmm, it depends on whether you do want to talk to others over a call. If yes, then I need ti figure out a way to force people to get together and talk. If not, then the project would probably not be useful for you.

rjh293y ago· 1 in thread

It's difficult to know, but my gut feeling is even if you had a website, not that many people would have come and you'd have spent a lot of effort for nothing.

Even if the site immediately starts a video call when you open it (like Omegle) you'd probably get a lot of people disconnecting immediately and generally wasting your time.

Personally I'd be more interested in a large group chat you can just hop in and out of, less social pressure that way, and easier to keep going.

meowtasticOP3y ago

Interesting, thanks for the feedback! What would you want to get out of a group chat? And I'm guessing you wouldn't want it to be time-limited to like an hour right?

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